Improvement in pessaries



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Pessaries.

Patented July 29,1873.

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Pessaries. No.141,253. Patentedluly 29,1873.

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EDMUND P. BANNING, THE ELDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BANNINGTRUSS AND BRAGE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN PESSARIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,253, dated July 29,1873; application filed February 15, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. P. BANNING, Sr., of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in UterineRepositors, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing. Figure 1 represents a vertical sectionthrough the tubularsocket attached to the pendent shaft of a uterinesupporter. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views of difi'erent shapes ofrepositors with straight or goose-necked shafts, and Fig. 4 aperspective view of a combination repositor.

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The object of my invention is to so improve the arrangement andconnection of uterine repositors with their pendent shaft that anydesired repositor suitable to the special position of the uterus may beapplied, relieving thereby any undue pressure on the same and protectingagainst irritation and ulceration. The restoration of a healthier toneof the relaxed tissues is thereby promoted, and the annoying and painfulaction of insufiicientlyshaped repositors avoided. The inventionconsists in the improvement of pessaries by providing the adjustablestem with a ring jointed to the support at one point only.

A in the drawing represents the tubular socket, which is placed at theend of the pendent shaft B. It is placed on the cylindrical exterior athereof, gliding thereon by means of a groove, b, and projecting pin 5of the lower end of socket A. A spiral spring, cl, placed in suita bleconnection with the cylindrical end b and socket A, allows a recedingmotion of the same, and, consequently, the adj ustment of the repositorsconnected with the socketto theexpandin g and contracting movements ofthe uterus. A small set-screw, e, is placed into the rim at the upperend of socket A, and serves for the purpose of holding firmly the stemsof the repositors. The repositors of any of the known forms, whether ofT, cup, annular, or other shape, are provided with straight or goosenecked stems f, with notches g, on which setscrew 0 acts, so that theadjustment of the repositors may be obtained at any desiredheightabovesocketA. Theinsufficientadaptation of one fixed repositor is,therefore, avoided, and a rational treatment of the uterus made possiblein the varying stages of pro lapsus. By connecting the notched stem f,

whether straight or goose-necked, by means of a hinge-joint, h, to theannular or concave repositor B, the same is lifted higher at the side towhich the stem is applied, the 0th r side being inclined, and may,therefore, be used to advantage for different positions of the uterus inflexion and version. By combining a T-shaped repositor, by means of athin piece, i, of spring-steel, with the hingedstein annular repositor,so that the screw-end of piece 73 passes into the T-repositor, makingthe same adjustable thereon, another set of repositors for ante andretroversion and flexion is obtained, which overcomes several obstaclesto which the plain repositors do not pp y- A great part of the pain anddiscomfort of a uterine supporter .may, by the suitable application of aseries of different repositors with hinged stems secured to the yieldingsocket, be obviated, irritations and other inconveniences be relieved atthe will of the patient, and the use of uterine supporters be greatlyextended.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1 The adjustable stem, combined with aring, jointed to the support at one point only, as and for the purposedescribed.

- E. P. BANNING, THE ELDER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, T. B. MOSHER-

